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January 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police urged motorists to avoid the area and expect delays (file image). Pretoria Gordon / RNZ Debris is blocking a major road in Stratford after it fell from a truck. Police said on Tuesday morning the northbound lane of Broadway/State Highway 3 through the Taranaki town was blocked, and would be ... <a title="Stratford road blocked after debris falls from truck" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/stratford-road-blocked-after-debris-falls-from-truck/" aria-label="Read more about Stratford road blocked after debris falls from truck">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Kenepuru Community Hospital in Porirua. Google Maps The senior doctors union says Health NZ needs to better staff Porirua’s Kenepuru Accident & Medical Clinic (KAMC), after it was left without a doctor overnight on Sunday. Health NZ said the accident and medical clinic was without a doctor between 10.30pm on Sunday ... <a title="Kenepuru urgent care clinic short-staffing unfair on community – union" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/kenepuru-urgent-care-clinic-short-staffing-unfair-on-community-union/" aria-label="Read more about Kenepuru urgent care clinic short-staffing unfair on community – union">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Connor Purvis. Supplied / NZ Police A drone will be used today to help in the search for a tramper missing near Lake Ōhau in the Mackenzie Basin. There has been no sign of 20-year-old Connor Purvis since he went to climb Mt Huxley on Tuesday last week. Police say the ... <a title="Drone to be used in search for tramper missing near Lake Ōhau for a week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/drone-to-be-used-in-search-for-tramper-missing-near-lake-ohau-for-a-week/" aria-label="Read more about Drone to be used in search for tramper missing near Lake Ōhau for a week">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Neighbourly was temporarily shut down on New Year’s Day after the breach was uncovered. Screenshot The owner of a hacked social media platform says they have a court injunction to stop private information being released. Stuff Digital owns Neighbourly and co-owns the Stuff news website, which is reporting they have been ... <a title="Neighbourly gets injunction to stop release of hacked information" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/neighbourly-gets-injunction-to-stop-release-of-hacked-information/" aria-label="Read more about Neighbourly gets injunction to stop release of hacked information">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Neighbourly was temporarily shut down on New Year’s Day after the breach was uncovered. Screenshot The owner of a hacked social media platform says they have a court injunction to stop private information being released. Stuff Digital owns Neighbourly and co-owns the Stuff news website, which is reporting they have been ... <a title="Neighbourly gets injuction to stop release of hacked information" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/neighbourly-gets-injuction-to-stop-release-of-hacked-information/" aria-label="Read more about Neighbourly gets injuction to stop release of hacked information">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER More than a dozen people have been injured in a crash in Northland. Emergency services were called to the scene on Lamb Road, near the town of Pukenui, about 7.45am on Tuesday. Hato Hone St John said it looked at and treated 13 people in conditions ranging ... <a title="13 people injured in crash in Northland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/13-people-injured-in-crash-in-northland/" aria-label="Read more about 13 people injured in crash in Northland">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Patients are anxious to know whether they’re affected by the ManageMyHealth hack – and there’s a pressing need for the company to tell people if their data’s been stolen, GP owners say. The deadline is now thought to have passed for a $US60,000 ransom for hundreds of thousands of files ... <a title="ManageMyHealth breach: ‘A lot of queries’ from patients as anxiety about stolen data grows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/managemyhealth-breach-a-lot-of-queries-from-patients-as-anxiety-about-stolen-data-grows/" aria-label="Read more about ManageMyHealth breach: ‘A lot of queries’ from patients as anxiety about stolen data grows">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER The holiday road toll has risen to eight. The official Christmas and New Year period ended at 6am Monday and the road toll was seven at that time. But the provisional figure can change when someone injured during the period dies later. A death in a crash ... <a title="Holiday road toll rises to eight after further death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/holiday-road-toll-rises-to-eight-after-further-death/" aria-label="Read more about Holiday road toll rises to eight after further death">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Kenepuru Community Hospital in Porirua. Google Maps The senior doctors union says Health NZ needs to better staff Porirua’s Kenepuru Accident & Medical Clinic (KAMC), after it was left without a doctor overnight on Sunday. Health NZ said the accident and medical clinic was without a doctor between 10.30pm on Sunday ... <a title="Kenepuru Community Hospital’s short-staffing unfair on community – union" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/kenepuru-community-hospitals-short-staffing-unfair-on-community-union/" aria-label="Read more about Kenepuru Community Hospital’s short-staffing unfair on community – union">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolina Quintero Rodriguez, Senior Lecturer and Program Manager, Bachelor of Fashion (Enterprise) program, RMIT University Summer means sunshine, beach days, and afternoons by the pool … which means wearing swimwear and looking after it. But while we enjoy those carefree summer days, pool chemicals, UV rays from ... <a title="Do I have to rinse out my swimsuit after the pool? A textile scientist has the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/do-i-have-to-rinse-out-my-swimsuit-after-the-pool-a-textile-scientist-has-the-answer-270982/" aria-label="Read more about Do I have to rinse out my swimsuit after the pool? A textile scientist has the answer">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Arnold, Senior Lecturer in Psychological Sciences, Western Sydney University Many autistic people face challenges in their daily life while navigating a world made for neurotypical people. Think about a trip to your local cafe. You might have patrons crammed into small spaces, bright lights, strong odours ... <a title="What is autistic burnout? And what can you do about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/what-is-autistic-burnout-and-what-can-you-do-about-it-257819/" aria-label="Read more about What is autistic burnout? And what can you do about it?">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucie Newsome, Lecturer, Business School, University of New England pixdeluxe/Getty When we think of an Australian farmer, we often still conjure up an image of a bloke in a hat, perhaps leaning on a fence post. If women make an appearance at all in this picture, it’s ... <a title="Women have fought hard to be recognised as farmers. There’s still more work to be done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/women-have-fought-hard-to-be-recognised-as-farmers-theres-still-more-work-to-be-done-270076/" aria-label="Read more about Women have fought hard to be recognised as farmers. There’s still more work to be done">Read more</a>
